Welcome to the second edition of the weekly Subway Cinema News - a guide to Asian entertainment in New York.
This is a continuation of Paul Kazee's Asian Entertainment Update, and like his update we'll be covering mostly pop culture - Movies and the occasional play or concert. We'll be focusing on New York, with the rare foray into the great beyond of New Jersey. Or Connecticut.
HOW TO USE THIS UPDATE
Every week, subscribers will receive an email highlighting the big events of the week, while also linking back to this page. This page will contain full listings, updated weekly, as well as a link to contact information for the various venues (see the "Links" section below).
To subscribe, see the info. in the orange bar at the bottom of this page. To unsubscribe, simply reply with a polite email to be removed with full apologies.
THIS WEEK'S EVENTS (Feb 5 - Feb 12)
BLIND SHAFT continues
Li Yang's beautifully caustic film noir opened Feb. 4 at the Film Forum in New York City. It'll run through February 17 and it's been getting rave reviews from everyone except THE ONION who thinks it's a little slow for a crime film. Never fear, ONION critics. I hear the director is already recutting the film to include a helicopter chase, a running gun battle in the coal mines, and a talking dog named Chairman Bowwow. That oughta do it!
Read our review: http://www.subwaycinema.com/frames/blindshaft.htm
Or visit Film Forum's site here: http://www.filmforum.com/films/blind.html
American Museum of the Moving Image
DRUNKEN ANGEL (1948, Japan, 108 minutes)
February 7 & 8 @ 6:30PM
Anthology Film Archives
MILLENNIUM MAMBO (2001, Taiwan, 105 minutes)
February 5-8 & 12-15
7:00PM and 9:00PM nightly
4:30PM on weekends
Asia Society
OWL’S CASTLE (1999, Japan, 138 minutes)
Friday, February 6 @ 7:00PM
$5 students; $7 members; $10 nonmembers
For tickets, call Box Office: (212) 517-ASIA
DEATH OF A SHAMAN (2003, Korea, 56 minutes)
Thursday, February 12 @ 6:30PM
A video projection of Richard Hall's documentary about, well, the death of a shaman. Born in Laos, raising a family in the Thai refugee camps, then moving to Sacramento, the Mien shaman of the title died in an accident when he was 50. His daughter has written and produced this documentary about her father, and the Mien people's, experience in leaving Laos and coming to America.
-$5 students; $7 members; $10 nonmembers
http://www.asiasociety.org/events/calendar.pl?event=14309
Film Forum
BLIND SHAFT (2003, China, 92 minutes)
February 4 - 17 (contact theater for showtimes)
http://www.filmforum.com/films/blind.html
Great Neck Arts Center
SPRING IN MY HOMETOWN (1998, Korea, 113 minutes)
Thursday, February 5 @ 7:30PM
Scads of critics chose it as the best Korean film of 1998, and this drama about two boys living in a rural village during the Korean War is a gorgeously shot picture that won any number of awards.
Read a review of the movie: http://koreanfilm.org/kfilm98.html#spring
Or go to: http://www.greatneckarts.org/specialevents.htm
Great Neck Arts Center
115 Middle Neck Road, Great Neck, NY 11021.
How to reach:
1) By Long Island Railroad, just get on Port Washington line and get off at the Great Neck Station and walk north for two blocks. You will see the Squire Cinema on your right side.
2) By car. it's the Long Island Expressway, get off at exit 33, go north on Lakeville Road until it becomes Middle Neck Road. Go over the railroad tracks for two more blocks, make a right turn on Maple Drive, quick left into free parking lot. You can walk throught the Arts Center, down the stairs, make a right and you will see the theater on your right.
Japan Society
The History of Japanese Horror Films series continues!
CREST OF BETRAYAL (1994, Japan, 105 minutes)
Monday, February 9 @ 6:30PM
Two great folktales in one: Chushingura meets Yotsuya in Kinji Fukasaku’s (BATTLE ROYALE) ghost movie.
Review at: http://www.midnighteye.com/reviews/crestbet.shtml
More info: http://www.japansociety.org/events/event_detail.cfm?id_event=317605941&id_performance=1316523225
Loew's State
Bollywood films now showing:
KHAKEE (2004, India) 1:30PM, 5:00PM, & 8:30 daily
more info: http://planetbollywood.com/Film/Khakee/
MOMA @ Gramercy Theater
IM KWON-TAEK: MASTER KOREAN FILMMAKER
February 5 - 27
MOMA's mammoth retrospective of Korea’s grand master director, Im Kwon-Taek, kicks off in huge fashion with 14 screenings this week. The highlights include his most recent film, CHIHWASEON, the Romeo and Juliet story of CHUN HYANG, and his classic SOPYONJE. There are simply too many screenings to list here, and I’ll probably get them wrong, so visit this link for a full schedule and film descriptions:
http://www.moma.org/visit_moma/momafilm/kwontaek_2004.html
AN EVENING WITH WANG JIANWEI
Monday, February 9 @ 8:00PM
Chinese video and installation artist, Wang, discusses his recent work.
http://www.moma.org/visit_moma/momafilm/mediascope_feb_2004.html#1
Village East Cinemas
TOKYO GODFATHERS (2003, Japan)
The run continues for Satoishi Kon's heartfelt anime.
more info: http://www.metacritic.com/film/titles/tokyogodfathers/
*Special Notice*
Producer's Club Theater
February 5 - 8 @ 8PM
February 7, 8 @ 2PM
LUNA – A STORY OF METEMPSYCHOSIS
The first presentation since 1992 of prize-winning playwright Masahiko Shimada's play, based on Dante's Divine Comedy. This is a contemporary Japanese play from the company, Conne, which is dedicated to presenting Japanese theater to a Western audience. The show is in Japanese, with English subtitles.
Tickets are $15 general, $10 student
Producer's Club Theater
358 West 44th Street btwn 8th and 9th Ave
More info: call (212) 315-4743
This is a continuation of Paul Kazee's Asian Entertainment Update, and like his update we'll be covering mostly pop culture - Movies and the occasional play or concert. We'll be focusing on New York, with the rare foray into the great beyond of New Jersey. Or Connecticut.
HOW TO USE THIS UPDATE
Every week, subscribers will receive an email highlighting the big events of the week, while also linking back to this page. This page will contain full listings, updated weekly, as well as a link to contact information for the various venues (see the "Links" section below).
To subscribe, see the info. in the orange bar at the bottom of this page. To unsubscribe, simply reply with a polite email to be removed with full apologies.
THIS WEEK'S EVENTS (Feb 5 - Feb 12)
BLIND SHAFT continues
Li Yang's beautifully caustic film noir opened Feb. 4 at the Film Forum in New York City. It'll run through February 17 and it's been getting rave reviews from everyone except THE ONION who thinks it's a little slow for a crime film. Never fear, ONION critics. I hear the director is already recutting the film to include a helicopter chase, a running gun battle in the coal mines, and a talking dog named Chairman Bowwow. That oughta do it!
Read our review: http://www.subwaycinema.com/frames/blindshaft.htm
Or visit Film Forum's site here: http://www.filmforum.com/films/blind.html
American Museum of the Moving Image
DRUNKEN ANGEL (1948, Japan, 108 minutes)
February 7 & 8 @ 6:30PM
Anthology Film Archives
MILLENNIUM MAMBO (2001, Taiwan, 105 minutes)
February 5-8 & 12-15
7:00PM and 9:00PM nightly
4:30PM on weekends
Asia Society
OWL’S CASTLE (1999, Japan, 138 minutes)
Friday, February 6 @ 7:00PM
$5 students; $7 members; $10 nonmembers
For tickets, call Box Office: (212) 517-ASIA
DEATH OF A SHAMAN (2003, Korea, 56 minutes)
Thursday, February 12 @ 6:30PM
A video projection of Richard Hall's documentary about, well, the death of a shaman. Born in Laos, raising a family in the Thai refugee camps, then moving to Sacramento, the Mien shaman of the title died in an accident when he was 50. His daughter has written and produced this documentary about her father, and the Mien people's, experience in leaving Laos and coming to America.
-$5 students; $7 members; $10 nonmembers
http://www.asiasociety.org/events/calendar.pl?event=14309
Film Forum
BLIND SHAFT (2003, China, 92 minutes)
February 4 - 17 (contact theater for showtimes)
http://www.filmforum.com/films/blind.html
Great Neck Arts Center
SPRING IN MY HOMETOWN (1998, Korea, 113 minutes)
Thursday, February 5 @ 7:30PM
Scads of critics chose it as the best Korean film of 1998, and this drama about two boys living in a rural village during the Korean War is a gorgeously shot picture that won any number of awards.
Read a review of the movie: http://koreanfilm.org/kfilm98.html#spring
Or go to: http://www.greatneckarts.org/specialevents.htm
Great Neck Arts Center
115 Middle Neck Road, Great Neck, NY 11021.
How to reach:
1) By Long Island Railroad, just get on Port Washington line and get off at the Great Neck Station and walk north for two blocks. You will see the Squire Cinema on your right side.
2) By car. it's the Long Island Expressway, get off at exit 33, go north on Lakeville Road until it becomes Middle Neck Road. Go over the railroad tracks for two more blocks, make a right turn on Maple Drive, quick left into free parking lot. You can walk throught the Arts Center, down the stairs, make a right and you will see the theater on your right.
Japan Society
The History of Japanese Horror Films series continues!
CREST OF BETRAYAL (1994, Japan, 105 minutes)
Monday, February 9 @ 6:30PM
Two great folktales in one: Chushingura meets Yotsuya in Kinji Fukasaku’s (BATTLE ROYALE) ghost movie.
Review at: http://www.midnighteye.com/reviews/crestbet.shtml
More info: http://www.japansociety.org/events/event_detail.cfm?id_event=317605941&id_performance=1316523225
Loew's State
Bollywood films now showing:
KHAKEE (2004, India) 1:30PM, 5:00PM, & 8:30 daily
more info: http://planetbollywood.com/Film/Khakee/
MOMA @ Gramercy Theater
IM KWON-TAEK: MASTER KOREAN FILMMAKER
February 5 - 27
MOMA's mammoth retrospective of Korea’s grand master director, Im Kwon-Taek, kicks off in huge fashion with 14 screenings this week. The highlights include his most recent film, CHIHWASEON, the Romeo and Juliet story of CHUN HYANG, and his classic SOPYONJE. There are simply too many screenings to list here, and I’ll probably get them wrong, so visit this link for a full schedule and film descriptions:
http://www.moma.org/visit_moma/momafilm/kwontaek_2004.html
AN EVENING WITH WANG JIANWEI
Monday, February 9 @ 8:00PM
Chinese video and installation artist, Wang, discusses his recent work.
http://www.moma.org/visit_moma/momafilm/mediascope_feb_2004.html#1
Village East Cinemas
TOKYO GODFATHERS (2003, Japan)
The run continues for Satoishi Kon's heartfelt anime.
more info: http://www.metacritic.com/film/titles/tokyogodfathers/
*Special Notice*
Producer's Club Theater
February 5 - 8 @ 8PM
February 7, 8 @ 2PM
LUNA – A STORY OF METEMPSYCHOSIS
The first presentation since 1992 of prize-winning playwright Masahiko Shimada's play, based on Dante's Divine Comedy. This is a contemporary Japanese play from the company, Conne, which is dedicated to presenting Japanese theater to a Western audience. The show is in Japanese, with English subtitles.
Tickets are $15 general, $10 student
Producer's Club Theater
358 West 44th Street btwn 8th and 9th Ave
More info: call (212) 315-4743
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